Refreshing Apptbook programmatically

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Refreshing Apptbook programmatically

Post by wjstarck » Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:55 am

I used to do this in my plugin by looping through the controls from FormOpendental like so but this no longer works.

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        public static void RefreshModuleData(FormOpenDental sender) {   //Performs dynamic appointmentbook refresh

            foreach (Control control in sender.Controls) {
                if (control.Name == "ContrAppt") {
                    ContrAppt ContrAppt2 = new ContrAppt();
                    ContrAppt2 = (ContrAppt)control;
                    ContrAppt2.RefreshPeriod();
                }
            }

        }
How can I refresh the Apptbook programmatically?
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Re: Refreshing Apptbook programmatically

Post by cmcgehee » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:30 am

We've been rewriting the appointment module to improve its performance. There is now a class named ContrApptJ which is the new appointment module. There is a preference 'ApptModuleUses2019Overhaul'; if true, ContrApptJ will be used. If false, ContrAppt will be used. I believe you'll have to look for either ContrApptJ or ContrAppt and call RefreshPeriod. You may need to check that preference to decide which one to refresh.
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Re: Refreshing Apptbook programmatically

Post by wjstarck » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:55 am

Thanks Chris.

I'm confused though. I'm looping through all the controls from sender (FormOpenDental) from my plugin's ContrApptA. I don't see ContrAppt (or ContrApptJ) in the list of controls. Shouldn't ContrAppt and/or ContrApptJ be in the list of controls from FormOpenDental?
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Re: Refreshing Apptbook programmatically

Post by cmcgehee » Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:11 pm

This might be due to the patient dashboard we added in 19.1. Instead of adding the module controls directly to FormOpenDental, we now add them to FormOpenDental.splitContainerNoFlickerDashboard.Panel1.
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Re: Refreshing Apptbook programmatically

Post by wjstarck » Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:58 pm

OK I'll look there thanks
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Re: Refreshing Apptbook programmatically

Post by wjstarck » Wed Jul 24, 2019 3:57 pm

Got it, but could you make the RefreshPeriod() method public on ContrApptJ so I can access it?

Thanks
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Re: Refreshing Apptbook programmatically

Post by cmcgehee » Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:14 am

Could you use reflection to invoke it?
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Re: Refreshing Apptbook programmatically

Post by wjstarck » Thu Jul 25, 2019 2:06 pm

Will give that a try.

Thanks Chris
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